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J. MACPHAIL.

HARVESTER.

(Application filed Dec. 10. 1898'.)

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No. 637,630. Paten ted Nov. 21, i899.

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"HABVESTER.

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JAMES MAOPHAIL, OF BLUE ISLAND,

PATENT OFFICE.

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE PLANO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HARVESTER.

srEoIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent so. 6917,6430, dated Nae-mar 21, 189d. Application filed December 10, 1898. Serial No. 698,824. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern? I Be it known that I, JAMES MACPHAID, a resident of Blue Island, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to harvesting-machines,and has particular relation to the graindividers thereof.

My object is primarily to provide means for decreasing the width of the machine by hinging the divider-boards and incidentally to provide means for regulating the gather of the grain by the dividers.

Harvesting-machines are generally hauled endwise in going to and from the field or elsewhere, but the divider-boards project to such an extent as to prevent them from passing along narrow roads or through narrow gateways and passages. My construction avoids this objection, and at the same time'aflords means for obtaining another result-that is, the varying of the amount of gather of the crop.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a portion of a harvesting-machine, showing my dividers attached thereto. Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive, are detail views showing the construction of the outside divider; and Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive, detail views showing the construction of the inside divider.

The usual grain-wheel l is mounted in the usual manner in the main frame, whose end sills 2 and 3 carry thestationary bearingbracket 4, which maybe a casting, preferably as shown in Fig. 5, and secured to the sills in any suitable manner.

The upright frame or grain-shield 5 of the divider is made, preferably, of sheet-iron and is secured to a lower sill 6, which is pivotally connected to the lug 7 of the bracket 4 by means of a bolt or pivot-pin 8. The slanting divider-board proper (marked 9) rests upon the top edge of the grain-shield 5 and is held in place by the movable bracket 10. This bracket has a' slanting top portion 11, to which the board 9 secured, and its lower portion is fastened to a flanged frame 12, to which the bracket 10 is also sectlr The lower part of this movable bracket has a pivot-pin 13 received in the upper lug 14 on bracket 1. As shownparticularly in Figs. 2, 3, and {1, the upper part of the flanged frame 12 extends backward and rests upon the top surface of the upper end sill 2 and is held in place by bolts 15. To provide foradjusting the gather of the divider and to hold such divider in ad justed position, I provide the flange 12 with slots 16, through which said bolts 15 pass. I prefer to use a divider-board extension 17, which rests on the board 9, and all the parts are secured together by a clamp 18 or in any other suitable manner. an auxiliary board and is not at all essential and may be entirely dispensed with without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

In order to brace the front end or nose of the divider and to vary the gather, I prefer to use a horizontal rod 19, whose forward end is secured to the divider and whose rearward end 20 is preferably bent at right angles to enter the hollow shaft or axle of the grainwheel, where it may beretained by the cotter 21. The length of the rod is preferably adjustable by means of a turnbuckle 22.

After removing the bolts 15 and springing the rod 19 out from the grain-wheel axle the divider is free to be swung to a position transverse of the machine, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3-that is, at right angles to the line of draft when the machine is used as a harvester. The width of the machine is thus decreased or shortened up from its normal dimensions, and the machine can then be hauled endwise on the usual transportation-trucks and will clear all narrow roads, gateways, passages, and the like.

To regulate the gather of grain, the bolts 15 are first removed and the turnbuckle is operated to shorten the rod to increase the gather and to lengthen the rod to decrease the gather. When the proper position isdetermined, the bolts are replaced to hold the parts in such adjusted position.

The inside divider is so pivoted as to be ca- This extension 17 is.

pable of swinging-upward to decrease the width of the machine at this point. Upon the lower end of an upright support 23 of the main frame is secured a casting 2 1, having a the finger-bar, and is thus retained in position against lateral movement. This construction obviates the use of a cotter, pin, or nut or other retainer on the end of the pin 25. Upon one side of the divider is secured a flanged bar 30,which is on an arc of a circle described from the pivotal point. This bar engages over a retainer 31, located on the support 23 and having a projecting portion 32. These devices thus form a g-uide'and support for the divider. It is obvious that the width of the machine may be decreased by swinging the divider up, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 7.

In the ordinary construction of harvestingmachines the inside divider especially is liae able to become buckled or broken by striking the ground when the front of the machine is lowered from any cause, such as unhitching the horses from the machine, without 'tilting it back to normal position.

a construction I avoid these objections, inas- .much as my divider floats and has a movement independent of the machine-frame.

I claim 7 1. In a harvesting-machine, .the combination of an outside divider, a stationary bearing-bracket secured to'the machine-frame and a movable bracket carrying the divider and pivoted on the stationary bracket, the movable bracket and the divider being movable tov a position at right angles to the normal po sit'ion, which is in the line of draft of the ma-( chine as. a harvester. I

2. Ina harvesting-machine, the combination of an outside divider and stationary bearing-bracket on the main frame, a movable bracket carrying the divider and pivoted. Q11, the stationary bracket to a position at right angles to. the line of draft of the machine as a harvester and means for rigidly holding the divider in operative position on the main frame. r

3. In a harvesting-machine, an outside divider hinged to the main frame of the ma-.

chine to swing to. a position at right angles to I the line of draft of the machine as aharvester and having a projecting portion adapted to At the lower inner corner of the dibe. secured to the main frame when in operative position.

4. In a harvesting-machine having end sills, a bearing-bracket connected with the sills, a grain-divider, a supporting-bracket to which the divider is connected and pivoted on said bearing-bracket, to move to a position at right angles to the line of draft of the machine as a harvester and means for regulating the position of the divider to regulate the gather of the grain and also to. decrease the width of the machine.

5. In aharvesting-machine, the combination of-the'machine-frame, a pivoted graindivideFand a rod connected at one 'end to the frame and at the other end to the divider and means for varying the length of the rod.

6. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of the machine-frame, a grain-divider pivoted on the frame to swing to a position at right angles to the line of draft and a rod 1 connected at one end to the frame and at the other end to the divider.

' '7. In a harvesting-machine, a verticallymovable divider having an elongated bearing between the machine-frame and such divider, l which bearing gives it lateral support without furtherbracing, such divider being freely 1 movable to a substantially vertical position. y y 1 8. In a harvesting-machine, the combination of an upright or support on the main frame, and a vertically-movable divider pivoted thereto and having a curved lug or projection engaging a'stationary partOf the machine, such divider being pivoted to swing freely to a substantially vertical position.

9. In-a harvesting-machine, the combination of an upright or support on the main frame, an inside divider pivoted, thereto substantially at its lower end and having aslot-ted portion straddling a guard to shield the guard and prevent lateral movement of the divider.

1 0 The combination of a harvesting-machine frame and a floating divider pivoted upon the frame to swing freely to asubstantially vertical position.

11. The combination-of a harvesting-machine frame and a substantially triangularshaped inside divider pivoted atone ,ofits corners, on the frame at a point adjacent to the end of the finger-bar and having a free swinging movement to a substantially vertical position. I v

JAMES MAOPHAIL.

Witnesses:

ALLAN A. MURRAY, LOUISEMSERAG-E. 

